Package and support therefor



F. J. CURRAN 3,424,380

PACKAGE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Jan. 28, 1969 Filed June 13, 1967 Sheet of2 Jan. 28, 1969 F. J. CURRAN' 3,424,380

. PACKAGE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Filed June 13. 1967 Sheet 2 of 2 UnitedStates Patent Office 3,424,380 Patented Jan. 28, 1969 3,424,380 PACKAGEAND SUPPORT THEREFOR Frank J. Curran, Downers Grove, Ill., assignor toFrank J. Curran Co., a corporation of Illinois Filed June 13, 1967, Ser.No. 645,741 U.S. Cl. 239-'60 Int. Cl. A611 9/04; B65d 25/00, 73/00 4Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Cross references to relatedapplications and patents This application constitutes an improvement onthe package and support shown and described in Patent No. 2,809,863.

Brief summary of the invention The invention relates to a package fordisplaying and supporting a solid body of vaporizable odorant,deodorant, insecticide, insect repellant and similar material. PatentNo. 2,809,863 shows a similar device but there a cord is imbedded in thebody of vaporizable material to prevent it from falling out of thesupporting card as it evaporates. However, the string does not preventthe body of vaporizable material from being pushed out of the card whenit is being handled in stores in which it is sold. The present inventionis designed to eliminate the necessity of imbedding a cord in the bodyof vaporizable material and also of providing means for retaining thebody in the display and support card so that it cannot readily bedislodged therefrom. The means for accomplishing this is to providespaced tabs around the periphery in which the body of vaporizablematerial is held, the tabs bent outwardly on each face of the cardproviding a seat in which the mass snugly fits.

Brief description of the drawings FIGURE 1 is a perspective view with aportion of the face of the package broken away showing one form of theinvention.

FIGURE 2 is a diagrammatic view of a support and display card embodyingthe invention,

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of another form of a package inaccordance with the invention; and

FIGURE 4 is a diagrammatic view of the display and support card used informing the package shown in FIG- URE 3.

Detailed description of the invention The numeral 1 indicates generallya support and display card made of cardboard or other pliable materialsuch as polyethylene, polypropylene or other synthetic plastic. Thecardboard 1 is scored along the center line 3 in order to permit it tobe creased along a predetermined line and thereby dividing the card intosections 5 and 7. Each of the two sections is formed with an aperture 9and 11, respectively, the apertures being centered in the portions 5 and7 so that when the board is creased along the score line 3 and theportions 5 and 7 are brought into face to face contact with each otherthe apertures 9 and 11 are coincident. The periphery of the apertures 9and 11 is formed with a plurality of spaced tabs 13 joined to the mainportion of the card along circular lines 15 and 17. The card is scoredalong the lines 15 and 17 to enable the tabs to be readily bentoutwardly without unduly weakening the juncture of the tabs with thebody of the card. It will be apparent that if plastic material is usedto form the display and support card, it may be moulded in one piecewith the circles defined by the lines 15 and 17 somewhat thinner thanthe remainder of the card so as to provide a line along which the tabscan be more easily bent. The card is cut through to form knock-out areas19 and 21 which become coincident with each other when the upper portion5 is folded over and adheres to the lower portion 7. The knock-out areas19 and 21 are held to the main portions of the card 5 and 7,respectively, by the small portions 23 and 25 at the apex of theknockouts, and can easily be pushed out of the card with a finger whenthe package is ready for use. The display and support card shown inFIGURE 2 is adapted for use with a spherical mass of vaporizabledeodorant, insecticide, etc., such as paradichlorobenzene ornaphthalene, having a circumference slightly less than that of thecircular portions 15 and 17 and which is first wrapped in cellophane orother suitable wrapping material, preferably a transparent plasticmaterial like that set forth in Patent No. 2,809,863. The wrappers areproperly sealed to prevent the deodorant, etc., from vaporizing until itis ready for use. The wrapped body of deodorant is then placed in theaperture in either section 5 or 7 of the cardboard and the other sectionis then folded over after suitable adhesive has been applied to theinside faces of portions 5 and 7 so that when the faces are broughttogether they will adhere to each other and to the edge portion 27 ofthe wrapper. It will be apparent from FIG- URE 1 that when thespherically shaped body of deodorant, etc., is placed between the twoportions 5 and 7 of the card and the two portions brought together, thetabs 13 will be forced outwardly from the face of each card but will hugthe surface of the wrapping material so that the body of deodorant,etc., 29 is seated within the oppositely extending tabs on the two facesof the package. In sealing the two faces of the cardboard together it ispreferably not to seal inwardly beyond the circular lines 31 and 33 inorder that the entire area of the tab is free to bend outwardly. A scoreline corresponding to the circles 31 and 33 may be marked on the card toindicate the boundary for placing sealing material such as glue on theinside faces of the card portions 5 and 7.

Since the aperture area defined by the tabs 13 is less than the areathrough the central plane of the circular body or mass of deodorant, itwill withstand comparatively rough handling without becoming displacedfrom the package even if the edges of the cellophane or other wrappingmaterial are not sealed between the faces of the cardboard. It ispossible, therefore, to place the mass of deodorant in a wrapper whichis not glued between the faces of the cardboard and still have thematerial remain in the display and support card.

When the vaporizable material is ready to be used, it is merelynecessary to cut or tear holes in the wrapping material to expose thedeodorant or other vaporizable material to the atmosphere.

Another form of display and support card and package in accordance withmy invention is shown in FIGURES 3 and 4. In this form of the inventionthe body of deodorant, insecticide, disinfectant, odorant or insectrepellant is shaped in the form of a rectangular mass 40. Adjacent theedges of the mass 40 the mass is preferably tapered so that incross-section the edge portion is substantially triangular. Mass 40 isheld between the two portions 42 and 44 of card 46. Card 46 correspondsto that described in connection with FIGURE 2, except that the apertures48 and 50 are rectangular in shape and formed with tabs 52 extendingalong each side of the aperture. The tabs are joined to the main body ofthe card portions 42 and 50 along score lines 54 which may beintermittently cut through the cardboard, the spaces with the cutportions 56 having intervening uncut portions 58 in between. The cornersof the tabs 52 are out along mitered lines 60 so that the tabs can bebent outwardly along the score line 54. Holes 62 out out of portions 44and 46 coincide when the card is folded and provide means for hangingthe finished packages. To form the finished package the rectangular massof deodorant, etc., which has been enclosed in a sealed cellophane orother wrapper is placed on the portion 44 of the cardboard oppositeaperture 50 and the other portion 42 is folded over and sealed to theportion 44. The tabs 54 will bend outwardly in opposite directions onthe two faces of the folded cardboard to accommodate the mass ofdeodorant, etc., 40 and form a seat in which the mass is snugly held inthe same manner as described in connection with FIGURES 1 and 2.

It will be apparent that the vaporizable body of deodorant, etc., can bemoulded or formed into shapes and forms other than spherical orrectangular, it being necessary only that the walls of the body incontact with the holding tabs on the card slope in a direction to enablethe tabs to bend outwardly at an angle substantially less than 90 andpreferably from about 20 to 60 from the face of the card and remain incontact with the sloping walls.

I claim:

1. A package comprising a supporting means and a shaped body of materialof substantially tetrahedric configuration with the edge portionsbevelled, from the group consisting of vaporizable odorants, deodorants,insecticides and insect repellants completely enclosed in a closefittingtearable wrapper, supported by said supporting means, said supportingmeans comprising two pliable board elements adhesively fastened back toback, said elements having matching apertures, wherein the improvementcomprises a plurality of tabs integral with said board elementsdistributed around each aperture, said tabs being bent obliquelyoutwardly from the face of the board element to which they are attachedat an angle substantially less than 90, said wrapped shaped body beingsupported in said apertures and extending laterally beyond the face ofeach board element with the tabs bearing against the said bevelled edgeportions of the body, so that the surface against which said tabs bearslope generally in the same direction as said tabs, said body having amaximum cross-sectional area slightly less than the area defined by theaperture periphery to which the tabs are attached and corresponding inshape to said aperture periphery, said board elements being adhesivelyfastened so as to leave a narrow unadhered area bordering on theaperture periphery to which the said tabs are attached.

2. A package in accordance with claim 1 in which the edges of saidwrapper are bonded to the inner surfaces of said board elements.

3. A package in accordance with claim 1 in which the base of said tabsis scored in order to enable the tabs to bend along a predeterminedline.

4. A supporting card for a shaped body of material from the groupconsisting of vaporizable, solid odorants, deodorants, insecticides andinsect repellants comprising a piece of pliable board :having thesubstantially identical, spaced apertures rectangular in shape and ofsuflicient size to enable said body to be held therein and to expose themajor portion of said body when said card is folded with the twoapertures coincident with each other said card being scored along a lineintermediate said apertures at a location such that when the card isbent along said line with the two portions of the bent card in contactwith each other, the two apertures become coincident, at least one tabon each side of said apertures, integral with said board, distributedaround each of said apertures and encompassing the entire peripherythereof, said tabs being scored at their bases to facilitate bendingthereof.

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2,568,625 9/1951 Harvey.

2,809,863 10/1957 Curran 239-- X 2,878,061 3/1959 Saeks 239-60 3,036,7055/ 1962 Haecker.

3,044,618 7/1962 Surloff 206- 3,061,091 10/1962 Wichman.

3,254,761 6/1966 Hennessey et al.

3,263,848 8/ 1966 Zackheim 22955 X EVERETT W. KIRBY, Primary Examiner.

U.S. Cl. X.R.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION atent No.3,424,380 January 28, 1969 Frank J. Curran It is certified that errorappears in the above identified patent and that said Letters Patent arehereby corrected as shown below:

Column 4, line 17, "the should read two Signed and sealed this 24th dayof March 1970.

(SEAL) Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.

Commissioner of Patents Attesting Officer

